Redding, CA Short-Term Rentals: Occupancy Limits (2026)

RMC 18.43.180 imposes a clean numeric occupancy formula that simplifies what would otherwise be a state-code calculation. Occupancy 'shall be limited to a maximum of two (2) persons per rented bedroom.' This applies equally to a Hosted Homestay (the homestay rooms only) and a Vacation Rental (the entire dwelling). A four-bedroom vacation rental is therefore capped at 8 overnight guests; a two-bedroom Hosted Homestay with both rooms rented is capped at 4. The ordinance separately prohibits a vacation rental from being rented to multiple separate parties concurrently - operators cannot split a single SDP-permitted dwelling among unrelated booking groups to skirt the per-bedroom cap. The 180-day-per-calendar-year rental cap further limits use intensity. California Building Code §1004 and Health & Safety Code §17920.3 (substandard housing) provide a fallback minimum-room-area floor: each habitable room must contain at least 70 square feet, and bedrooms must allow 50 square feet per occupant after the first. The Redding standard is generally more restrictive than the state floor and is what Code Enforcement applies in practice. Infants under one year are not typically counted; children over one count fully unless the Site Development Permit conditions specify otherwise. Hosts must list the maximum legal occupancy on every platform listing under the ordinance's advertising-disclosure requirements.